Factors that condition the experience and school results of the children under guardianship resident in CRAE. Literature review

Abstract

This article describes the situation and characteristics of children and young people in residential care in Catalonia within the school context. Starting from data collected recently in the framework of the European research project YiPPEE, the paper exposes and analyses some factors that allow us to understand the vulnerability of their situation according to the recent research on this field. This analysis suggests some educational research lines to move forward the struggle against the school failure of children in residential care. The aim of this article is to contribute to put this issue within the priorities of the education and protection system and generate alternatives to the current reality, to overcome the social disadvantage suffered by these children and the difficulties encountered by their educational pathways. Unlike the premise that formal education should be a great opportunity for personal achievement and social participation for these children, research on the subject indicate that much remains to do to reach it.